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I've only compiled a kernel from source one time and it was for red hat 9, and it was a 2.6 kernal. Its really not that difficult, if anything its boring but usually is an easy task if you find a howto.

3. Grab an older version of ndiswrapper which might be more compatible
with my kernel. How would I know how far back to go? And, is this a
bad idea because newer versions fix bugs?

I suggest you try doing that; because I used an older version of ndiswrapper with a 2.4.22 kernel and it worked fine. How far back to go? Sorry, I do not remember what version I used earlier. Please check out ndiswrapper's wiki. You might get a hint